Cuban POWs Release OK'd Starts Sunday
Red Cross and U.S. officials expect the Cuban prisoners to be released and back with families by Christmas. A Wappen von Hamburg liner could transport ill prisoners from Miami if needed. The operation, described as the largest disaster relief effort by the Red Cross, moves millions of pounds of aid to Florida and Cuba while coordinating medicine shortages in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wappen von Hamburg
Miami
Cuba
Red Cross
Welfare Department
Committee of American Steamship Lines
Castro
Donovan
Clay
Harrriman
Marcos Antonio Romeu
Romeu
Guerra Hernandez
Washington
Florida
Baltimore
Maritime Commission
Joseph L. Stanton
Maryland
Royal Bank of Canada
Montreal
U.S
Grim Holiday Tally Begins
The nation begins a four day Christmas observance as National Safety Council predicts 650 to 750 traffic deaths before midnight Tuesday. Police and hospitals mobilize for a surge in accidents with 15 fatalities recorded by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Frontier airliner crash lands in Nebraska fog
A Frontier Airlines Convair with 43 aboard crash landed in a field north of Grand Island Municipal Airport in dense fog. No serious injuries were reported, but five to seven passengers and the pilot suffered cuts, bruises, and shock. Fire sparked briefly in wreckage but did not spread to the main fuselage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Neb
UPI
Frontier Airlines
Municipal
Denver
Colo
Riggle
Jury Recesses In Hoffa Conspiracy Trial Deliberations
A federal jury in Nashville deliberated 32 hours on James R. Hoffa's conspiracy case. Judge William E. Miller released the 12 jurors until 9 a.m. Saturday and warned them not to discuss the trial. Hoffa faces two misdemeanor counts for alleged payoffs linked to a Michigan car hauler firm and Taft-Hartley Act violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
U.S. Dist
William E. Miller
Hoffa
Michigan
Five Die in Private Plane Crash Near Sumerville
Dorchester County sheriff identified the victims as pilot R. E. Holder 22 of Baltimore and Hialeah Fla and passengers Mr. and Mrs. William Graham both 27 their 9 year old daughter and Jim Thrasher. The Piper Cherokee crashed about 3 15 a.m. after its motor cut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerville
S.C
Baltimore
Dorchester County
Carl Knight
R. E. Holder
Hialeah
Fla
William Graham
Graham
Jim Thrasher
Knight
De-Icer Uses Slow Shiver System On Small Aircraft
The B F Goodrich Company introduces a slow motion ice cracking system for light planes. Rubber tubes on wings and tail inflate and deflate every three minutes to crack ice and carry it away in the airstream. C B McKeown notes the device targets winter hazards for small aircraft operations. Ghana rescinds new invoice rule for manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, Ohio
UPI
B. F. Goodrich Company
C. B. McKeown
BFG
Aerospace and Defense Products Division
Auction Set For Amarillo Firm In Estes Scandal
The IRS ordered an auction of Superior Manufacturing Co. assets in Amarillo on January 3 to satisfy $175000 in taxes. The firm, tied to Billie Sol Estes, has not operated for months, and its mortgages are central to the Estes indictment over fertilizer tanks and related securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Interinal Revenue Service
Superior Manufacturing Co
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Superior
No Dock Strike Solution Seen
Labor Secretary Wirtz met separately with longshoremen and shipowners trying to avert a dock strike set for Sunday. No progress was reported between the International Longshoremen's Association and the New York Shipping Association over gang size. Longshoremen scrapped plans for round-the-clock picketing at Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
International Longshoremen's Association
New York Shipping Association
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Births noted for Holiday and Martin families
Mr and Mrs Bill Holiday of 19M 45th St welcome a son weighing 6 pounds with birth at 5 10 p m Friday in Methodist Hospital. Mr and Mrs Raymond Leon Martin Levelland celebrate a daughter weighing 6 pounds born at 10 57 a m Friday in West Texas Hospital. Fathers employed by Raff and Hall Drug and Lorraine and Tatum Machine Shop respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Holiday
45Th St
Methodist Hospital
Raff and
Hall Drug
Raymond Leon Martin Levelland
West Texas Hospital
Lorraine and Tatum Machine Shop
Edward Nathan Glenn Odessa
Halliburton Cement Co
Billy Lawrence Smith
Coy’s
Floyd Leroy Souder
E Newcomb
Farr's Inc
Alfredo Medrano
Rt. 4
Lubbock
Lauf Clinic
Paul Cazares
O'Donnell
Jimmy Rodriguez
Ave. L
Eledora Castro
New Deal
Laut Clinic
Thomas Bruce Craig
Don Chesser
24Th St
Goodnight Hospital
Anthony E. Hattgrove
26Th St
Bell Dairy Products, Inc
Neff Narvaiz
Rt. 1
Lorenzo
Jerry Creed
Porter Clinic
Auto Parts Co
Carel Ray
30Th St
Pablo Aguilar
Temple Ave
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Rodriguez Construction Co
Danny Childress
40Th St
Mobile Oil Service
Max L. Hearn
Harmon Dr
Reese Village
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Reese
George D. Raynes
35Th St
Army E
Linyd A. Carver
Arnold
Richard G. McBade
McGuire
Edward Kelly Luck
Harvard St
Taylor Hospital
Wylie Dean Texaro Station
Defense ties ease as Polaris offer prompts Franco-British invite
United States and Britain urge France to join a defense force amid talks tied to a Polaris missile offer. The move signals mounting Western integration on strategic arms and collective security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Britain
France
United Kingdom
Macmillan
Kennedy
Mac Frreillant
China
India
Himalayan
United States
Indian Subcontinent
Nuclear force pact shapes Western defense plans
Nassau talks forge four objectives for a multilateral Western nuclear arrangement and hint at Britain's Polaris linked deterrent while Skybolt is scrapped. Kennedy and Macmillan press for shared costs and coordinated forces as NATO aims to deter total war amid domestic political concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
NATO
Macmillan
Kennedy
Nassau
de Gaulle
U.S
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Paris
British Press Assn
British Broadcasting Corp
Bahamas
Labor Party
Courthouse Staff Share Holiday Cheer at 65-Worker Party
At the 72nd District Courtroom on Friday 65 courthouse employees held their Christmas party. Santa Roy Boyd presented $171 to handicapped concessions operator Tom Lindley and noted refreshments came from Lindley. The event included carols and a Toys for Tots toy drive aided by the Lubbock Marine Reserve unit for needy children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Peared
Tom Lindley
Roy Boyd
Lindley
Santa
Neil Oldham
Jack Hall
Lubbock Marine Reserve
Goodfellows Project
Lubbock
Wilson Rules on Project Taxes and County Warrants
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson ruled that Jefferson County auditors may not refuse sheriff warrants because a deputy sheriff allegedly misappropriated funds. He said missing funds certification does not create absolute liability for the sheriff. He also held Urban Renewal property in Lubbock is taxed only for the year portion before acquisition by the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin (Ap
Will Wilson
Jefferson County
Wilson
Urban Renewal Agency
Lubbock
Christmas storm shuts schools and halts government work coast to coast
A major winter storm swept from Nebraska to Virginia with up to 10 inches of snow in Appalachia and 19 below in Vermont. The weather disrupted travel and closed hundreds of schools. 250000 federal workers were sent home early in Washington and Baltimore offices closed by 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
San Angelo
Abilene
Austin
Dalhart
Amarillo
Galveston
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Nebraska
Virginia
California
United Press International
Indiana
Illinois
Maryland
Tennessee
West Virginia
Panhandle
Norfolk
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Montpelier
Watertown
Messena
N.Y
Meredith Case Brings Mississippi Officials to Forefront
The Meredith admission battle escalates as Barnett and Johnson face civil contempt fines and possible criminal charges. Justice Department moves to set a hearing while federal actions detail a riot on September 27 and ongoing campus blockades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnett
Justice Department
New Orleans
Johnson
Meredith
State College Board
Jackson
Federal Appeals Court
Mississippi
Oxford
Washington
Department
Circuit Court
Look Magazine
Atty
Gen
Kennedy
Daniel to Open Law Office After Leaving Office
Daniel plans to start a law practice in Texas after leaving the Legislature on January 15 and to write a book about his political career as speaker, state attorney general, U.S. senator, and governor. He urges midlevel state employee pay raises costing about 2 million from the general fund. Connally will receive pending appointments to university and teacher college boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Budget Board
Daniel
Texas House of Representatives
U.S
Texas
John Connally
Connally
Boards of
Regents
University of Texas, Texas A&m
Texas Woman's College
State Teachers Colleges
Goodfellows Work Nears Completion For Christmas Aid
Goodfellows expect to finish work today as gifts from donations and groups fill campaigns. Packages of fruit candy and nuts will be prepared Monday with screening and districting teams finished. Distribution by volunteers is set for early Christmas morning for about 8000 needy youngsters in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
NLRB Examiner Calls Shop Rite Offense at Lubbock Warehouse
Special Washington reporting that NLRB trial examiner Abraham Muller recommends Shop Rite Foods be cited for unfair labor practices at its Lubbock warehouse. He says Dell Wayne Ivey and Matt West were fired for union activity with the United Packinghouse Food and Allied Workers Union and urges reinstatement back pay and a cease and desist order. The firm plans an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Triat
Shop Rite Foods, Inc
Lubbock
Abraham Muller
Shop Rite
Dell Wayne Ivey
Matt West
United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers Union
FE. G. Pharr
Shop Rite Foods Inc
NLRB
Maller
Ivey and West
Shop Rite, Inc
Condition Of Former U S Solon Improved
Providence Rhode Island AP report says former U S Senator Theodore Francis Green age 95 emerged from a coma at Jane Brown Hospital but remains on the danger list his condition described as fair Green the oldest man to serve in the Senate had fallen into coma after a series of shocks and a lung infection while he was Rhode Island governor from 1933 to 1937 and served 24 years in the Senate choosing not to seek reelection in 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.L
U.S
Theodore Francis Green
Jane Brown Hospital
Dan Ler
Fair Green
U.S. Senate
Green
Rhod Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Hoffa
ACCA
Government of
Ghana
Fraziers
Phoenix
Ariz
Polaris
London
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Cologne
Germany
Palm Beach
Christ Imas
John G. Diefenbaker
Congo
Soviet Union
Berlin
Liberal Party
Daily Express
Daily Herald
Daily Mirror
Mac
Conservative Times
St. Nicholas Day
Popular Electronics
Asia Minor
Marshals
Memphis
U.S. Atty
Robert F
Justice
TU Oae
Solon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!